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Friday, April 1, 2016

Myanmar - Bagan, Alodaw Pyai Pagoda

Beautiful Myanmar
Alodaw Pyai Pagoda, Bagan

Mingalarbar
Alodawpyai Pagoda
2015

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Began is an ancient city located in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Kingdom of Pagan, the first kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern Myanmar.

During the hight of the kingdom, between the 11th and 13th centuries, over 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which of over 2,200 temples and pagodas still remain.